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But, perhaps the most frustrating part in all of this, is that whenever these copyright maximalist authors and publishers are confronted about this, they twist themselves into knots to say "well, I actually love libraries, but…" before beginning a bunch of arguments that show they do not, in fact, like libraries. Sometimes, however rarely, a maximalist just comes out and admits the facts: they fucking hate libraries.

The latest example of this is Kenneth Whyte, a small publisher of Sutherland House Books in Canada, who seemed to think now was the time to take to the pages of The Globe & Mail to whine about libraries competing with book stores that sell books. Of all the things to be bothered with right now. Even the setup of this column is just ridiculous, arguing that libraries -- with their public taxpayer funded support -- are unfair competitors to booksellers

I'm saying it again folks: if libraries were created today, copyright holders (publishers and most authors) would sue them out of existence. They put out PR statements saying "we love libraries" but deep down inside, they really hate them.

This from Mike Masnick on a post Kenneth Whyte, a small publisher of Sutherland House Books over in Canada wrote for The Globe and Mail shows why.